Blog Entry #6
“Researching & Writing” by: Marcia F. Muth:
MLA Formatting:
-MLA stands for, Modern Language Association of America.
-You must identify the source first and then the precise location of the information for the source.
-Times New Roman size 12pt. font.
-Double space.
-One inch margins.
-Running header.
-numbered pages.
-Begin every first line of each works cited entry at the left margin.
ApaStyle.org: APA Formatting:
-Developed to equalize scientific writing.
-Used for:
-Term papers.
-Research reports.
-Empirical studies.
-Literature reviews.
-Theoretical articles.
-Methodological articles.
-Case studies
-Divided into different sections.
-title page
-abstract
-introduction
-method
-results
-discussion
-references
-appendices
I think the most effective formatting style for my research paper would be MLA. MLA is more concise and directly correlates to my findings and the tone I will take when completing this paper. I worked with MLA formatting all through high school, therefore, I am very familiar with it. I feel that formatting is necessary because it is a way to structure your sources and without structure to a paper, there would be a mess of information that would be almost impossible to understand. Without sources in a research paper, the paper itself is untrustworthy and insufficient. Formatting gives research papers an effective way of making the writers information clear, organized and concise.
I went back through my older blogs and fixed any improperly citation in my writing. I put things in parentheses as needed, as well as inserted quotations where necessary. Since I am familiar with MLA, I didn’t come across anything unusual in my previous blogs, therefore, I am not confused on anything specific at the moment.
